Sauce Boat
ca. 1756 (made)
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Sauce boat of porcelain painted with enamels and transfer-printed with black. Oval, of silver form, with scroll handles. Moulded in low relief into lobes and with wreaths enclosing four small panels printed each with a boy and girl seated or in a garden or cornfield. Handles and lobed spouts are picked out in purple. Scattered flowers.
Object details
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| Materials and techniques | Porcelain painted with enamels and transfer-printed with black and moulded |
| Brief description | Sauce boat of porcelain painted with enamels and transfer-printed with black, Worcester porcelain factory, Worcester, ca. 1756. |
| Physical description | Sauce boat of porcelain painted with enamels and transfer-printed with black. Oval, of silver form, with scroll handles. Moulded in low relief into lobes and with wreaths enclosing four small panels printed each with a boy and girl seated or in a garden or cornfield. Handles and lobed spouts are picked out in purple. Scattered flowers. |
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| Credit line | Bequeathed by Mr Arthur Hurst |
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| Bibliographic reference | For this sauceboat shape and decoration, see Nicholas Panes, British Porcelain Sauceboats of the 18th Century (2009), no. 194, where dated ca. 1756 |
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| Accession number | C.334-1940 |
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| Record created | June 24, 2009 |
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